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Discovery's No. 2 executive plans to leave (Creator of Oprah OWN Channel FIRED!)
LA Times ^ | 11/9/11 | Joe Flint

Posted on 11/09/2011 5:36:54 PM PST by jimbo123

Discovery Communications Inc. Chief Operating Officer Peter Liguori is leaving the cable programming giant at the end of December after just two years on the job.

His departure comes at a key time for the company, as its high-profile ventures OWN and the Hub are struggling to establish themselves and its core networks Discovery and TLC face increasing competition from rival cable channels.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fail; oprahfail; oprahobama; underthebus
The beginning of the end for Oprah's OWN. It's a total financial disaster for Discovery and everyone who was involved in it.
1 posted on 11/09/2011 5:36:59 PM PST by jimbo123
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Yeah, but it was worth it because she’s a black woman, a new ager and global socialist.


2 posted on 11/09/2011 5:42:02 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: jimbo123

bump


3 posted on 11/09/2011 5:42:12 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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I blocked the OWN channel on my the day it was introduced!


4 posted on 11/09/2011 5:42:43 PM PST by RBW in PA
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But will anyone even notice? How will we know if it is no longer on the air, since no one watches anyway?


5 posted on 11/09/2011 5:44:40 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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PWN.


6 posted on 11/09/2011 5:44:44 PM PST by RichInOC (Sarah Palin is at war with the left. Most Freepers are just playing the video game.)
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I hope Oprsh doesn’t come back to regular TV, it’s so nice not seeing or hearing from her.


7 posted on 11/09/2011 5:46:36 PM PST by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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OWN is a wretched channel. It doesn’t have even one show on it worth watching. Not even one. I’ve complained to Dish several times—we lost a channel that had at least one show (Dr. G) that was watchable, unlike OWN which doesn’t. I hope everyone connected to this fiasco goes down in flames.


8 posted on 11/09/2011 5:47:10 PM PST by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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9 posted on 11/09/2011 5:48:00 PM PST by jimbo123
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Ouch! My eyes hurt now!


10 posted on 11/09/2011 5:49:47 PM PST by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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11 posted on 11/09/2011 5:51:15 PM PST by jimbo123
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But, but he gave to all the right marxists!

LIGUORI, PETER
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272
FOX BROADCASTING ENTERTAINMENT/NETW
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) $10,000
primary 10/06/08
Liguori, Peter
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Fox Broadcasting Corp./Chairman EMANUEL, RAHM (D)
House (IL 05)
FRIENDS OF RAHM EMANUEL $1,000
general 09/22/08
Liguori, Peter
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
FX networks/CEO PERRIELLO, THOMAS STUART PRICE (D)
House (VA 05)
PERRIELLO FOR CONGRESS $250
general 06/25/08
LIGUORI, PETER
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272
FOX BROADCASTING CORPORATION/CHAIRM LAUTENBERG, FRANK R (D)
Senate - NJ
LAUTENBERG FOR SENATE $500
primary 12/12/07
Liguori, Peter
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Fox Broadcasting Co/President CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D)
President
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT $2,300
primary 05/30/07


12 posted on 11/09/2011 5:57:40 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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I hope Ophra loses a few billion on this boondoggle but my bet is she is totally insulated. That only the investors and Discovery will lose out


13 posted on 11/09/2011 5:58:55 PM PST by dennisw (I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
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I think Oprah jumped the shark when she endorsed Obama.


14 posted on 11/09/2011 6:04:50 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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